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March 30, 2011 9:00 AM

A song about the challenge of buying a flight for 50p. [nsfw due to the liberal use of the work 'feck']

European budget airlines frequently advertise extremely low fares, however when all the associated charges are included (booking, taxes and bags, to name a few) the cost is much higher than expected. This song humorously summarizes some of the challenges involved.

posted by a womble is an active kind of sloth (10 comments total)

Also see the dogging one.
posted by Solomon at 9:07 AM on March 30, 2011

Sadly a double.
posted by hippybear at 9:10 AM on March 30, 2011

ooooh..... so sad!
posted by a womble is an active kind of sloth at 9:12 AM on March 30, 2011

Nice... reminds me a lot of the Complaint Choir videos.
posted by crapmatic at 9:12 AM on March 30, 2011

They don't mention the joy of trying to sleep on the cold floor of Luton Airport because there's no other way to make your 6AM check-in.
Or the anxiety of getting stuck with a bad seat that compels everybody to start queuing up at the gate an hour before boarding
posted by Flashman at 9:23 AM on March 30, 2011

Sadly a double

Well I still liked it. I didn't see the other post, and probably never would have, so cheers.
posted by howfar at 9:29 AM on March 30, 2011

Feck != Fuck and should not be considered NSFW, it is a very mild expletive that shouldn't bother anybody, bless them
posted by foleypt at 9:30 AM on March 30, 2011

Hilarious, but living in Canada, I can't be sympathetic. You Europeans with your 75 minute flights to Berlin have no idea, NONE, how expensive air travel can be.
posted by ethnomethodologist at 9:41 AM on March 30, 2011 [1 favorite]

climate change
posted by mrgrimm at 9:43 AM on March 30, 2011

I have a theory about Ryanair - that they're actually being bankrolled by the other airlines, as a scientific way to find out exactly how much shit people will put up with.
posted by Grangousier at 9:47 AM on March 30, 2011 [4 favorites]